October 2021

Understanding the risks of internet security is the first part of creating a plan for securing your own personal devices. Trip Elix has years in the industry and has been using the internet, since the second day it was available to the public. A lot has changed since then. News other organizations lied about needing basic internet security. Back then people often had no firewall and when it was introduced another lie was made of what a firewall was. Nat -Network Address Translation was never meant to offer security but that is what most so-called firewalls are. Security has been left to you to perform with your own devices before becoming another unwitting victim of technological collateral damage.

The Federal Trade Commission released a report on what internet service providers know about you. The report discloses that all, track and record much more than you may realize.

Suspected Russian spies have continued targeting and aiming to compromise 140 technology service providers in recent months, according to Microsoft.

Facebook attempts to make headlines filing law suits while whistle blower pushes Parliament and other governments to regulate the global company

Last Friday Google erased The Hacker News Website leaving the company with no web presence. It reversed its decision and reinstated the website after The Hacker News staff reached out to Google employees on Twitter.

A new email extortion scam (bomb threat hoax) is finding its way to the inboxes of businesses, namely financial institutions. The sender suggests an accomplice has planted a bomb within the recipient’s building that will be detonated if a bitcoin ransom is not paid by the end of the workday.

Artificial intelligence is sexist to credit scoring, racist to sick African American patients, and became a jerk not on Twitter. A new ethical AI company tries to tackle the problem.

A joint alert issued by federal agencies warns organizations involved in the water and wastewater management sector to remain on high alert. Threat actors with unauthorized access may manipulate systems so as to prevent the provisioning of clean water to America’s communities.

Microsoft’s record of abysmal response times to remove malware from its 365 one drive product, is furthering risks of malware and ransomware by allowing further infection through inaction.

A report by Sophos reviled a dating app scam that led to the theft of millions of dollars from people on Tinder, Bumble, Facebook Dating and similar apps. Scammers convinced victims to download fake crypto apps, where they duped them into investing money before freezing the accounts.